Whether or not Lane Johnson does turn out, as reported yesterday, to be the second Eagle to start the season with a performance-enhancing drug suspension, doesn't matter. The report alone brings to light the hypocrisy of the NFL when it comes to long-term player safety.

Day 1 of this week's mandatory minicamp is over at the Eagles' NovaCare Complex, and he's my top three swing thoughts heading into Day 2 tomorrow. (The third and final day is Thursday, their last on-field action before the start of training camp in late July.)

A great game to benefit Wounded Warriors

A worthwhile cause here, so hope everybody can make this event on July 7:

On the 70th Anniversary of D-Day, the Philadelphia Soul and Antero Sports announce “Tribute To Heroes” Flag Football Challenge presented by Military Benefit Association and Zimmer Tri-State, a charity game with the Wounded Warrior Amputee Football Team playing against Eagles and other NFL Alumni on Monday, July 7.

Real linemen don't drink light beer

A viral tweet by Eagles right tackle Lane Johnson on Friday became quite the hot post-practice topic on Monday at OTAs.

It was all in good fun, though.

Seems last year's first-round pick took a photo of the $17,747.86 receipt he was mostly responsible for following a dinner with his offensive line pals at Del Friscos Steak House. Ya' know, just your average night out for a bunch of 300 pound-plus guys.

Take a look:

Some people might find the $3,495 spent on a bottle of wine or $1,375 spent on 5 Remy Martin Louis XIII shots a little offensive.

Not me.

What disturbs me most are the four Bud Light and two Coors Light orders. I mean, these guys are great athletes, but they've gotta get a clue.

Hint: they're called microbrews, guys. Seriously. Check them out online or something, for cripes sake.

For the record, Johnson was just doing his part to keep up a tradition started by the offensive line with their top picks a good while ago, and said that he received help with the tab from Todd Herremans and Evan Mathis.

"It’s something that usually you take care of in-season," center Jason Kelce said. "It’s kind of like the rookie’s first outing with the whole team. He’s kind of made the team. It’s usually right after that 53-man roster has been made. And then it’s kind of like your first bonding experience as a group. Usually it turns out great, but since that Miami scandal, everybody’s on high alert with that stuff.

"The bottom line is it was a team function. Nobody forced Lane to do that. A lot of the times, this is with any profession, I feel like when you get a promotion or get a raise or something like that, what do you do? The first thing you do is you take out your family, friends, people around you that you care about. Like I just signed a big deal, I’m gonna do something for these guys."

Kaepernick deal will have no bearing on Foles

Colin Kaepernick's bogus $126 million deal will have no effect on what happens when it comes time to extend the contract of Eagles quarterback Nick Foles. That is if he is extended at all after the upcoming season.